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word class en · NOUN

Etymology

From word + class.

Meanings

  1. A linguistic form class whose members are words.
    • These lists differentiated terms according to word class (that is, a word with both a noun and adjective definition counted as two separate items in the list). 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297:
  2. A linguistic form or structure class whose members are words.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
word classes Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

lexical category · part of speech

Translations (3)

es clase de palabra (Translations) · hu szófaj (Translations) · pl część mowy (Translations)